Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux Performance

New Amazon c3.large vs. c3.xlarge vs. c3.2xlarge vs. c3.4xlarge instance type with Ivy Bridge CPUs being benchmarked at Phoronix by Michael Larabel.

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c3.large

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.xlarge

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

c3.2xlarge

Changed Processor to Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores).

Changed Memory to 15360MB.

c3.4xlarge

Changed Processor to Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores).

Changed Memory to 30720MB.

Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux PerformanceProcessorMemoryDiskOSKernelFile-SystemSystem LayerCompilerc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargeIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores)4096MB8GBUbuntu 13.103.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)ext4Xen 4.2.amazon HypervisorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores)8192MBGCC 4.8Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores)15360MBIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores)30720MBOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- c3.xlarge, c3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

c3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargeResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%276%452%627%803%John The RipperJohn The RipperC-RayParallel BZIP2 CompressionParboilRodiniaParboilTimed Linux Kernel CompilationParboilRodiniaParboilBlowfishTraditional DESTotal Time2.F.COpenMP CUTCPOpenMP CFD SolverOpenMP LBMTime To CompileOpenMP StenclO.SO.M.G

Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux Performanceparboil: OpenMP LBMparboil: OpenMP CUTCPparboil: OpenMP Stenclparboil: OpenMP MRI Griddingrodinia: OpenMP CFD Solverrodinia: OpenMP Streamclusterjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge938.5369.03123.4914.34403.02100.8712472095333487.69141.8134.96483.2435.3467.6728.29205.1452.6525124190667244.6770.8717.54255.0018.5834.5344.74104.4228.0350238354000125.8735.448.97133.719.5719.0170.8756.4418.25100131677700069.9717.734.66OpenBenchmarking.org

Parboil

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge2004006008001000SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 3.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3938.53483.24255.00133.711. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge160320480640800Min: 937.98 / Avg: 938.53 / Max: 939.6Min: 479.09 / Avg: 483.24 / Max: 489.25Min: 252.45 / Avg: 255 / Max: 258.66Min: 133.2 / Avg: 133.71 / Max: 134.441. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge1530456075SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 369.0335.3418.589.571. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge1326395265Min: 68.79 / Avg: 69.03 / Max: 69.16Min: 35.25 / Avg: 35.34 / Max: 35.4Min: 18.53 / Avg: 18.58 / Max: 18.62Min: 9.56 / Avg: 9.57 / Max: 9.581. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP Stenclc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge306090120150SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 5SE +/- 0.43, N = 6123.4967.6734.5319.011. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP Stenclc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge20406080100Min: 122.86 / Avg: 123.49 / Max: 124.28Min: 65.53 / Avg: 67.67 / Max: 68.96Min: 32.46 / Avg: 34.53 / Max: 35.33Min: 16.9 / Avg: 19.01 / Max: 19.641. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI Griddingc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge1632486480SE +/- 0.82, N = 6SE +/- 0.71, N = 6SE +/- 1.87, N = 6SE +/- 0.91, N = 314.3428.2944.7470.871. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI Griddingc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge1428425670Min: 13.49 / Avg: 14.34 / Max: 18.44Min: 25.98 / Avg: 28.29 / Max: 29.99Min: 42.29 / Avg: 44.74 / Max: 54.09Min: 69.12 / Avg: 70.87 / Max: 72.21. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Rodinia

Rodinia is a suite focused upon accelerating compute-intensive applications with accelerators. CUDA, OpenMP, and OpenCL parallel models are supported by the included applications. This profile utilizes the OpenCL and OpenMP test binaries at the moment. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD Solverc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge90180270360450SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3403.02205.14104.4256.441. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD Solverc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge70140210280350Min: 402.26 / Avg: 403.02 / Max: 403.9Min: 204.51 / Avg: 205.14 / Max: 205.62Min: 103.95 / Avg: 104.42 / Max: 104.72Min: 56.33 / Avg: 56.44 / Max: 56.561. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP Streamclusterc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3100.8752.6528.0318.251. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP Streamclusterc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge20406080100Min: 100.78 / Avg: 100.87 / Max: 100.99Min: 52.49 / Avg: 52.65 / Max: 52.74Min: 28.01 / Avg: 28.03 / Max: 28.05Min: 18.24 / Avg: 18.25 / Max: 18.261. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Blowfishc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 8.33, N = 3SE +/- 16.67, N = 3SE +/- 33.33, N = 312472512502310013
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Blowfishc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge2K4K6K8K10KMin: 1247 / Avg: 1247 / Max: 1247Min: 2495 / Avg: 2511.67 / Max: 2520Min: 4990 / Avg: 5023.33 / Max: 5040Min: 9980 / Avg: 10013.33 / Max: 10080

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge4M8M12M16M20MSE +/- 6119.19, N = 3SE +/- 19333.33, N = 3SE +/- 17000.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 320953334190667835400016777000
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge3M6M9M12M15MMin: 2084000 / Avg: 2095333.33 / Max: 2105000Min: 4152000 / Avg: 4190666.67 / Max: 4210000Min: 8337000 / Avg: 8354000 / Max: 8388000Min: 16777000 / Avg: 16777000 / Max: 16777000

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compilec3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge110220330440550SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3487.69244.67125.8769.97
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compilec3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge90180270360450Min: 485.67 / Avg: 487.69 / Max: 490.65Min: 242.83 / Avg: 244.67 / Max: 247.07Min: 124.76 / Avg: 125.87 / Max: 127.79Min: 69.22 / Avg: 69.97 / Max: 71.02

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timec3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3141.8170.8735.4417.73
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timec3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge306090120150Min: 141.8 / Avg: 141.81 / Max: 141.82Min: 70.81 / Avg: 70.87 / Max: 70.92Min: 35.43 / Avg: 35.44 / Max: 35.45Min: 17.7 / Avg: 17.73 / Max: 17.74

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compressionc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 334.9617.548.974.661. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compressionc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge714212835Min: 34.85 / Avg: 34.96 / Max: 35.03Min: 17.41 / Avg: 17.54 / Max: 17.75Min: 8.84 / Avg: 8.97 / Max: 9.06Min: 4.58 / Avg: 4.66 / Max: 4.731. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

c3.large

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Testing initiated at 15 November 2013 15:14 by user ubuntu.

c3.xlarge

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Testing initiated at 15 November 2013 19:34 by user ubuntu.

c3.2xlarge

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Testing initiated at 16 November 2013 18:30 by user ubuntu.

c3.4xlarge

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores), Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Testing initiated at 16 November 2013 20:16 by user ubuntu.